2018
A novel epigenetic modulating agent sensitizes pancreatic cells to a chemotherapy agent
Thakar M, Hu Y, Morreale M, Lerner L, Lin W, Sen R, Cai Y, Karunasena E, Thakar M, Saggi S, Keer H, Ahuja N. A novel epigenetic modulating agent sensitizes pancreatic cells to a chemotherapy agent. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0199130. PMID: 29927979, PMCID: PMC6013229, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaDNA methyltransferase 1Chemotherapeutic agent irinotecanEpigenetic modulating agentsPDAC cell linesCell viabilityMechanism of actionSystemic chemotherapyCancer mortalityChemotherapy responseDuctal adenocarcinomaChemotherapy agentsEpigenetic sensitizationModulating agentsGuadecitabineAdditional studiesPancreatic cellsSerial concentrationsRest periodCell linesNanomolar concentrationsImproved responseEpigenetic modulatorsSensitizationMethyltransferase 1
2013
Frequent Inactivation of Cysteine Dioxygenase Type 1 Contributes to Survival of Breast Cancer Cells and Resistance to Anthracyclines
Jeschke J, O'Hagan HM, Zhang W, Vatapalli R, Calmon MF, Danilova L, Nelkenbrecher C, Van Neste L, Bijsmans IT, Van Engeland M, Gabrielson E, Schuebel KE, Winterpacht A, Baylin SB, Herman JG, Ahuja N. Frequent Inactivation of Cysteine Dioxygenase Type 1 Contributes to Survival of Breast Cancer Cells and Resistance to Anthracyclines. Clinical Cancer Research 2013, 19: 3201-3211. PMID: 23630167, PMCID: PMC3985391, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-3751.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer cellsEpigenetic eventsDNA methylationGenome-wide DNA methylation analysisCancer cellsDNA methylation-associated silencingKey epigenetic eventsDetoxification of ROSCritical epigenetic eventsComprehensive functional analysisDNA methylation analysisDNA methylation dataMethylation-associated silencingRepressive chromatinOxygen species productionFunctional analysisMethylation dataLevels of ROSMethylation analysisReduced viabilityMissense mutationsFunctional significanceFrequent inactivationSpecies productionMethylation